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An Intel-shaped shadow was cast over the Footsie’s technology poster-child
yesterday as analysts started to predict that the American company may start
to punch its weight in the smartphone market this year.

ARM Holdings, the Cambridge chip designer, reports first-quarter
results next week that will signal a farewell to Warren East, its outgoing
chief executive, who has presided over ten years of mostly positive trading
updates.

The company, a specialist at lowpower processors ideal for use in smartphones
and tablets, has defied expectations of succumbing to the threat posed by
Intel — ten times its size — which has designs on its